[ClearCase_guy]

I believe that the early 60s were an interesting time when the people who became hippies were really interested in self-determination, self-sufficiency, appropriate technology, craftsmanship, and bold new ideas. Stewart Branch and the Whole Earth Catalog really captured a lot of fresh thinking which could easily be considered Libertarian. Later, many of these people were early adopters of the new computer technology.

But after about 1968, that whole movement seemed to shift hard Left and they became dangerous rabble-rousing Marxists.

I think Arlo may have gone back to some basic roots when he became more of a Libertarian in his old age.

[Vaquero]

I found the mid to late 60s disturbing... having been the son of a Marine who fought in Guadalcanal and Bougainville I was a pro US kind of guy who relished in the fact that we fought wars to the finish (never really paid much attention to the Korean debacle)....then LBJ and to a lesser extent Nixon decided we needed to fight a war in a tiny country in perpetuity. no endgame...major rules of engagement no win just send in troops to die.

I thought after 9/11 it would change...no deal. we used smart bombs where our fathers would saturation bomb .and level whole cities.

We won WW2. (well we should have gone on to destroy Russia afterwards...but we Finished what the Japs and Krauts started)

at this point in time I would strongly recommend that my 3 boys NOT go into the service under this administration or any GOPe administration.

[cymbeline]

We became hippies because we liked the company. Now we’re the selfie generation because we like ourselves. Actually this is BS.

[The_Reader_David]

Yup. There was a piece back when the TEA Party was still holding rallies, I forget on which site, which was written by an old hippie from the early 60s phase, which was addressed to his “fellow hippies” to make the point that “Tea Party values are hippie values.”

Glad Arlo returned to his roots as libertarian if that’s what happened. (Maybe saw the light and moved right is a better description. After all, don’t forget his father really was a full on Communist.)

Being able to sing/recite the whole of “Alice’s Restaurant” was for years the one attachment I retained to the 60s counter-culture. I’m not sure I can do it any more now that I don’t have kids at home who request it at least annually. I do still get knowing laughs from the occasional student when I give out teaching evaluations and tell the students “have fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils”.

[MoochPooch]

I think Arlo may have gone back to some basic roots when he became more of a Libertarian in his old age.

Maybe he either grew up or got well.

Last night I was indulging in some late 60s-early 70s rock -- CSNY, Joplin, Carole King, etc. As enjoyable as it was, I felt uncomfortable because it meant reliving mentally those horrible days when the counterculture aggressively invaded the mainstream. Maybe it's a paradox that amorality can produce great music. These people were considered heroes.